1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:03 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Three automobile dealerships suffered considerable hail damage to their entire inventories of over 300 vehicles. The hail fell continuously for over 20 minutes. A 24 year veteran in insurance claims said that the hail episode was the second worse he had ever seen in north Texas.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, January 1998
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5627922.